This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Present > Present Progressive Tense – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Present Progressive Tense Quiz 12 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The baby ..... in his crib. (present progressive tense) A) Is sleeping. B) Was sleeping. C) Were sleeping. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is sleeping. 2. At 6 o'clock, I ..... dinner. (past progressive tense) A) Am eating. B) Was eating. C) Were eating. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was eating. 3. They ..... (bake) a cake. A) Am baking. B) Am bake. C) Are baking. D) Is baking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Are baking. 4. We ..... students in class 12A1. A) Are. B) Is. C) Be. D) Am. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are. 5. Choose the sentence that is NOT in present progressive tense. A) She is reading a novel. B) She is drawing a picture. C) She reads a novel. D) She is writing a novel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She reads a novel. 6. Give the present progressive tense of "cut" A) Cuting. B) Cutting. C) Cuts. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cutting. 7. We ..... a new novel this week. A) Read. B) Are reading. C) Reading. D) Are read. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are reading. 8. The present progressive tells ..... A) What was happening at a certain time. B) What is going to happen. C) What is happening right now. D) What typically happens in a day. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) What is happening right now. 9. Our teacher ..... writing something on the blackboard. A) Is. B) Am. C) Are. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is. 10. Look at the window! It ..... (snow). A) Snows. B) Is snowing. C) Snow. D) Snowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is snowing. 11. We ..... (not) really ..... (study) right now. A) Are + studying. B) Are not + studying. C) Studying. D) Are not + studyying. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are not + studying. 12. Choose the correct question for the next sentence: "No, Sue is not working tonight" . A) Is she work tonight?. B) Is she working tonight. C) Are she working tonight?. D) Is she working tonight?. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is she working tonight?. 13. Can you be quiet please? My friend ..... (read) a book. A) Is readding. B) Is reading. C) Reads. D) Is to reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is reading. 14. 6/ ..... you coming with us or not? A) Are. B) Is. C) Am. D) I. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are. 15. Which sentence uses 'are' correctly? A) They is going to the store. B) We was at the park. C) They are going to the store. D) She are happy today. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They are going to the store. 16. She ..... to music. A) Is listening. B) Listening. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is listening. 17. Water ..... at 100 Celsius at sea level. A) Is boiling. B) Boils. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Boils. 18. 2/ Ali ..... playing with us. He is sick. A) Are not. B) Were not. C) Am not. D) Is not. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is not. 19. I am ..... to the class now A) Came. B) Comes. C) Come. D) Coming. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Coming. 20. My daughter ..... English at Istanbul University. A) Studies. B) Is studying. C) Am studying. D) Are studying. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is studying. 21. She ..... playing guitar now A) Was. B) Is. C) Are. D) Am. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is. 22. The teacher ..... speaking English. A) Am. B) Are. C) Is. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is. 23. I ..... my favourite story. A) Am reading. B) Are reading. C) Were sitting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Am reading. 24. Are you having a good time? Yes, ..... really ..... this. A) Am I, enjoying. B) I'm, enjoying. C) I, am. D) I, enjoying. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I'm, enjoying. 25. Which gerund is incorrect? A) Comiendo. B) Viviendo. C) Andiendo. D) Hablando. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Andiendo. 26. Hudson and Ethan ..... the furniture. A) Will moves. B) Will moving. C) Are moving. D) Is moving. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Are moving. 27. Conjugate the verb 'to eat' in present progressive for 'I'. A) I will eat. B) I was eating. C) I eat. D) I am eating. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I am eating. 28. He ..... hard this term. A) Work. B) Worked. C) Isn't working. D) Is worked. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Isn't working. 29. What are Carlos and Karina learning now? A) You are doing your homewok. B) They is learning english. C) We are feeling. D) They are learning english. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They are learning english. 30. Samantha ..... a delicious lemon pie. A) Is eating. B) Eating. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is eating. 31. Valerie ..... (study) English A) Is studying. B) Are studying. C) Are study. D) Is study. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is studying. 32. He is ..... the car outside. A) Washing. B) Washed. C) Washes. D) Wasing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Washing. 33. The City street is getting noisier and livelier. A) Is getting. B) The City. C) Noisier and livelier. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is getting. 34. His secretary ..... (type) a long letter. His secretary ..... (type) a long letter. A) Type, typing. B) Types, was typing. C) Types, is typing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Types, is typing. 35. To which type of verb stem do you add-ando to? A) Ar verbs. B) Er verbs. C) Ir verbs. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ar verbs. 36. We are ..... English in the class A) Studied. B) Studying. C) Are studying. D) Study. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Studying. 37. Choose the correct question for the next sentence: "Yes, they are making breakfast" . A) Are they making breakfast?. B) Are they make breakfast?. C) Is they making breakfast?. D) Are they making breakfast. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are they making breakfast?. 38. ..... we ..... (make) a mistake with that decision? A) Is + making. B) Are + making. C) Are + make. D) Are + makeing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are + making. 39. I ..... the newspaper every day. A) Reads. B) Read. C) Reading. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Read. 40. Why is she in the garden? What ..... there? A) She is doing. B) Is she doing. C) She doing. D) She does. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is she doing. 41. Select the sentence using the present progressive tense. A) The kids drew pictures. B) The kids are drawing pictures. C) The kids have drawn pictures. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The kids are drawing pictures. 42. She is swimming. A) Past progressive. B) Present perfect progressive. C) Present progressive. D) Future progressive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Present progressive. 43. Which sentence correctly uses the present progressive for the subject "The students" ? A) The students is doing their homework now. B) The students am doing their homework now. C) The students are doing their homework now. D) The students doing their homework now. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The students are doing their homework now. 44. What is the structure of a Present Progressive sentence? A) Subject + verb + ed (e.g., 'She runned'). B) Subject + has/have + verb (e.g., 'She has run'). C) Subject + will + verb (e.g., 'She will run'). D) Subject + am/is/are + verb+ing (e.g., 'She is running'). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Subject + am/is/are + verb+ing (e.g., 'She is running'). 45. Which verb ending applies to-ar verbs in the present progressive tense? A) -ando. B) -iendo. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) -ando. 46. I don't really work here, I (help) ..... out until the new secretary arrives. A) Will just help. B) Have just helped. C) Just help. D) Am just helping. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Am just helping. 47. Conjugue el verbo con ing:SEE A) Seing. B) Seeing. C) Seying. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Seeing. 48. I am afraid the team will lose. They ..... not ..... well. (feel) A) A. is, feeling. B) B. are, feeling. C) C. am, feeling. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. are, feeling. 49. Identify the error:'They is playing soccer.' A) He is playing soccer. B) Them are playing soccer. C) They are playing soccer. D) They is playing football. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They are playing soccer. 50. Differentiate the following:'He runs every day' vs. 'He is running now.' A) 'He runs every day' is a habitual action; 'He is running now' is a present continuous action. B) Both sentences describe the same action occurring at different times. C) 'He runs every day' indicates a future action; 'He is running now' indicates a past action. D) 'He runs every day' is a present continuous action; 'He is running now' is a habitual action. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 'He runs every day' is a habitual action; 'He is running now' is a present continuous action. 51. This is not French. We ..... (speak) Hebrew right now. A) Am speaking. B) Speak. C) Are speaking. D) Spoken. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Are speaking. 52. My father and I ..... repairing my motor cycle in the garage. A) Were. B) Are. C) Am. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are. 53. She ..... in the kitchen last night. I heard it when I arrived home A) Were singing. B) Sings. C) Sang. D) Was singing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was singing. 54. When I came to the school, she ..... the classroom. A) Is cleaning. B) Cleaned. C) Cleans. D) Was cleaning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was cleaning. 55. Identify the error:'She are going to the store.' A) She goes to the store. B) She is going to the store. C) She are going to stores. D) She is go to the store. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She is going to the store. 56. What is the present progressive form of decir? A) Deciendo. B) Diciendo. C) Decando. D) Dicienda. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diciendo. 57. Choose the correct negative form for the next sentence "Marie is sitting next to Paul." A) Marie is do not sit next to Paul. B) Marie is not sitting next to Paul. C) Marie are not sitting nest to Paul. D) Marie does not sit next to Paul. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Marie is not sitting next to Paul. 58. My sister ..... me play. A) Is helping. B) Am helping. C) Are helping. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is helping. 59. Writing sentences in present progressive:Write a sentence in present progressive tense using the verb 'jump'. A) He jumps. B) He jumped. C) He will jump. D) He is jumping. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He is jumping. 60. Amira, Danish and Farah ..... Arabic right now. A) Learnt. B) Are learning. C) Learning. D) Is learning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are learning. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTenses QuizzesVerbs QuizzesPresent Progressive Tense Quiz 1Present Progressive Tense Quiz 2Present Progressive Tense Quiz 3Present Progressive Tense Quiz 4Present Progressive Tense Quiz 5Present Progressive Tense Quiz 6Present Progressive Tense Quiz 7Present Progressive Tense Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books